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The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1887-03-18
WHEN GRADY WAS STARVING.
Incident In tho Early Life OF the Drill.
liant Journalist.

Incident In the Early Life Of the Drill.
liant journalist.
It Is Just about ten years ago-no, It's
cleven-that Grady arrived In Washington,
on his way from New York to Atlanta, a
very hungry man. AZ no says himself IN
telling tho story: ~ had been to New York
to seek employment q correspondent TOR
The Herald. Mr.. Bennett had appointed
mo tho correspondent for The Herald At .
good salary for tho states Of Georgia, South
Carolina and Florida. did not like to ask
him for an advance; In fact, gave him to
understand. by my manner that l had Q
pockotful Of money. But as q matter OF
Washington I had nothing left except %
cents and my ticket to Atlanta.
"Well, knew that 1t was long way to
Atlanta, and that would be apt to be hun
grier even than was then before got
homo. said to myself: Shall spend all
this money now on one good.by square meal
or shall spend 1t in bits on my way down"
concluded finally that, inasmuch as no one
home would give mo even temporary salts
faction, I had better spend the whole so
cents for the biggest meal could get and
into an eating house and said to the proprie-
tor: Give mo as much to eat as you can for
so cents. Flo did SO, and ate it. never
alto so much in my life before or since.
"On the strength Of that meal went on
all right until we got to Danville, where we
were delayed for some reason three or four
hours beyond tho schedule time. This delay,
Of course, had not reckoned on. After
a whilo wo got started again. however, and
we got on all right so far as the train was
concerned all the way home. But suffered
the torturcs of Tantalus. I remember that
an old woman had got on near Danville with
a big, old fashioned cheese box in her arms.
By and by, just as the hunger began to take
a good grip on me, she took off tho lid. 1t
was her lunch box. She drew out all sorts
Of eatables, one after the other, and ate Of
each sparingly, throwing the remnant out Of
tho car window. Oh, how exasperatingly
it was. I remember most dis
tinctly delicately Drowned chicken and O
deep, dark old fashioned pumpkin pie That
old woman just tasted that chicken,
just nibbled at that pie, and then threw the
rest away while sat starving in the next
seat. ''-Washington Cor. Philadelphia Rec
1rd
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1887-03-18
Household Hints.

To clean willow furniture use salt and wa
ter. Apply it with a nail brush, scrub well
and dry thoroughly.
Turkey salad, made with celery and good
oil, is held by many to equal that made of
chicken.
Silver plated bonbon trays with tongs have
been introduced at the fashionable luncheon
parties with undoubted success.
Ham broiled in the white of egg is affirmed
by an exchange to be the way they do it ut
the most fashionable London clubs.
A fashion for drinking milk has caused to
appear some tall and beautiful glass pitchers
or ewers to contain the mild beverage.
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Calico.

featured in the United States! SUBSCRIBER.
At East Greenwich, R. l., Herman Van
Dausen, German, about 1870, commenced
the calico printing business. He cut his own
blocks samples Of which are in the cabinet Of
the Historical society at Providence and
printed India cottons and coarse cottons
woven in families for the people generally.
It was found cheaper to import the goods,
and the business was given up
Tho Byfield factory in Massachu sets,
which, it has been asserted, was the first
regular factory in the United States, was
not established till 1893, and for several years
after was confined to the manufacture Of
wooden cloth.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1887-03-18
LAMP SHADE WITH INLAID FLOWERS.

LAMP SHADE WITH INLAID FLOWERS
The shade represented is trimmed with a
frill OF lace and bows of satin ribbon. 1t is
composed of five single parts or sections, each
ornamented with different bouquet or spray
of flowers cut out of cretonne and gummed
on piece Of stiff white net. This is covered
over with pink muslin. The stuff layers are
nent buttonholed over each other with pink
silk and the separate parts of the shade sewed
together. One sean. is left half open that the
shade may be slipped over the lamp glass and
is closed above with bow.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1887-03-18
White Cocoanut Cake.

Whites Of five eggs, ono and half cupfuls
of sugar, piece Of butter the size of an egg,
three level teaspoonfuls Of baking powder,
one teaspoonful of lemon flavoring, two-thirds
of a cupful Of new milk, flour to form thin
batter, one cocoanut grated; beat the eggs to
a stiff froth and add to the butter and sugar
that has been creamed; sieve the baking
powder through the -four, add the milk,
favoring and sufficient flour for not too stiff a
batter to spread smoothly upon the tins; after
they are baked, spread the layers with icing
and powder thickly with cocoanut; then place
together, having a layer upon the top of
cocoauut,
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1887-03-18
An Old Expression.

What is the origin of the expression: waking
up the wrong passenger?'' AT.
In the days Of stage coaches stage books
were kept in which those wishing seats in the
coach to 60 the next day were registered. At
a very early hour a man started, usually in a
chaise or on horseback, to 60 about and make
up the passengers that the stage need not be
kept waiting, using the brass door knockers
then in use for the purpose. Quite often mis-
takes were made and the wrong passenger
awakened.
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The Woolwich Hammer.

You ought to see this Woolwich hammer.
1t weighs forty tons sheer weight, and when
it drops it falls forty feet on to block that
rests on spiles, massive masonry and enor-
nous quantities of iron. Between two great
shafts this hammer is suspended, solid
block, which, driven from above by steam
and gathering impetus as it falls. strikes
with force of many hundred tons. A
veteran workman has charge of this massive
hammer. He starts and drops it by touch
Of his thumb and finger. saw an open face
watch laid down ON the block; then he
dropped the hammer, and he stopped it just
in time to break the crystal-and nothing
more-Cor. Boston Herald.
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Surprising the Famous Raider.

Among those who will retire from con-
gressional life ut the close of the present ses-
sion is Gen. Wolford, of Kentucky. He was
the only man who ever made John H. Nor
gan, the famous raider, tremble for his life.
Morgan with his command was on one occa-
sion at Campbellsville, KY, and was Weakened
out Of his sleep carly in the morning by the
announcement that Wolford's cavalry was
entering the town and demanded his surren-
der. The Confederate chieftain was quick to
act. Without stopping to dress himself, clad
only in his undershirt and drawers, he sprang
out of the hotel or tavern In which he was
sleeping and ran into livery stable close at
hand in which eighty men of his command
were with their horses putting up for the
night. Hastily forming them for an attack
tho stable doors were suddenly opened and
tho little band dashed out.
Wolford himself was right at hand and
Morgan and his men overcame them before
they wero fairly aware Of what had taken
place. Morgan himself shot Wolford and
captured the general and bore him off in
triumph. Wolford bled freely from his
wounds and the surgeon who accompanied
Morgan pronounced his condition dangerous.
The old man, however, said he was all right,
and asked that no concern be felt on account
OF his condition. Finally it was deemed best
to leave him, for fear that the continual jolt
ing of tho ride on horseback, particularly
when it was necessary to so so fast, would
soon cause him to die In the face of pro-
test from Wolford that he was in no danger
of succumbinS from weakness he was ADAM
doncd after being treated as well as WAS pos
sible considering the rapid flight the fusitives
were compelled to make, tho surgeon being
left with him. Wolford recovered and while
he himself had met with disastc. his COM
mand had effectually dispersed that of Nor
gan.-Cleveland Leader.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1887-03-18
Lace Dresses and Lace Bonner.,

The coming season is to be what dress
makers and milliners term lace season.
Black lace dresses are to be worn OH the
street again, and naturally lace bonnets will
be in high favor. Indeed at the present time
lace dresses are largely worn for evening re-
ceptions and entertainments by women Of all
ages.
Black lace dresses are not only worn over
black, but over an under dress of any color
that may be desired. Black lace bonnets with
garniture Of flowers or gay colored ribbons,
are at the present time favorites for theatres
and evening wear,
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1887-03-18
The Opera.

When were plays first enacted, by being sung
or what was the origin Of the modern opera?
&c.
In the Greek drama the choral parts were
sung, and the dialogue was given in sus-
tanned key, probably resembling modern
operatic recitation. The first production of
an opera, like what we have to-day, was in
the thirteenth century-"Adam de Ia Hayes
Lagieus Qegcu) de Robin ct de Marian" The
next appearance was in the sixteenth CEN
fury, when several operas appeared After
that the opera was cultivated in Italy, result
ing In the modern Italian operas, and thence
was introduced into Germany.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1887-03-18
A State With Two Capitals.

What is the reason that Rhode Island, the small
est state in the union has two capitals, when all
the rest have one? HISTORY.
Rhode Island and Connecticut both origin
ally had two capitals. This arose from the
jealousy of the original settlements, or plan
tations, as they were called in Rhode Island.
In 1873 the people in Connecticut voted to
have one capital at Hartford. The Rhode
Islanders still adhere to the old plan.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1887-03-18
Yes and No.

Is it proper for any one except child to say
ayes, SIR or mo, man, in speaking to grown
people: f.
1t is perfectly proper, but custom, which
regulates such matters, seem to favor drop
ping "sir" and "m'am." Some people, who do
not generally use these words, use them in adj
dressing very old people.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1887-03-18
Glaciers in the Aims,

According to Professor Heino, of Zurich,
there are 1 ,l55 glaciers in the Alps, of which
249 are more than 1900 metres in length.
The glaciers are distributed as follows: In
Switzerland, All; in Austria, 462; in France,
IA; and in Italy, IS. The largest glacier is
the Aletsch, which stretches over "A kilo-
metres The total surface of the glaciers is
estimated at 200 square kilometres, of which
the glaciers in Switzerland alone furnish
l,640 square kilometres.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1887-03-18
I3ivOuac Of tho Dead,

Does the poem or song in which the lines 1.-THE
bivouac of the dead" occur pertain to tho war OF
the rebellion? BY whom and when was it written,
I'M.
It was written by Col. Theodore O'Hara,
a soldier Of the Mexican war, as a tribute to
his commander, who fell in that struggle.
The first lines are:
The mufned drums sad note has beat
The soldiers last tattoo;
No more on LIES parade shall meet
The brave and fallen few;
On Fame's eternal camping ground
Their silent tents are spread,
And Glory guards, with solemn round,
The bivouac Of the dead.
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Ball Costumes of 1875.

Can you give description Of the evening cos.
tune Of ladies' and gentlemen during President
John Quincy Adams Observation-Disclosures?
MARY L.
The men wore high collared dress swallow
taiD coats, knee brooches and silk stockings,
pumps and several yards Of cravat. The
women wore a scanty costume. Five yards
of material quarter of a yard wide were
considered sufficient to make ball dress,
which only reached the ankles. Their silk
stockings were deliberately embroidered and
their slippers ornamented with rosettes or
buckles. Feathers were favorite headdress.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1887-03-18
Facts About Greece.


l.. What Is tho name Of tho present king Of
Greecei .....,...
q What are the four castles Of Hindus,
8. Tho six great monarchies Of the ancient
worldy. fuI.l tat ....'-
4. Tho three periods Of Grecan history
8. Who were the seven wise menu
0. Tho names Of some Greek works that arc
read by modern scholaryi
l. King George.
Q. Brahmins, ,priestS; Kshatryas (war-
riors); Vaishyas merchants and agricul-
turists); Scedras ARTISANS and laborers).
8. Persia; Greece, Macedonia, Rome, Egypt,
Thrace.
4. Athenian, Spartan and Macedonian
supremacies.
8. Those usually given are Scion, Chic,
Pittalus, Bices lin place Of whom some place
Epirnenides), Cleobulus and Thales
The works Of Eschylus, Sophocles, Ecripi.
des, Aristophanes, Xenophon and others.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1887-03-18
That wouldn't be Surprising.

The story that Brigham Young had come
to life appears to have been a canard. We
didn't suppose he had come to life, but, from
the severe things that Kate Field has said
about him and his favorite institution, we
shouldn't be surprised to hear that he had
turned over in his coffin. Herald.
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either throw them Into the go or running
water o- else bury them In tho ground. This
Is done TO enable tho hunters TO kill more
hears, and the idea Ia that II tho other bears
500 tho heads or claws Of thoir dead friends
they will leave tho district-San Francisco
NhroujC1o
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1887-03-18
When to Water House Plants.

A gardener gives the following rules for
answering the oft repeated question: GLOW
can tell when house plants need watering?'
/. By the appearance Of the soil or feeling it
with the finger. II dust can be worked up it
needs water 2. By tapping the pot with the
knuckles. The pot has a sharp, hollow sound
or "ring" when the earth is dry, and a heavy,
'thudding" sound when moist. 8. BY lifting
the pots and testing their weight wet soil, Of
course, being much heavier than dry.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1887-03-18
POPULAR KILT sUIrK.

The first figure in the cut shows popular
style Of two piece kits that win be much
worn this spring. It Il trimmed, as will be
seen, with four small plaits and fancy straps
of the same goods as the suit.
The second figure IL that Of new style of
two piece kilt suit, with trimmings of differ
ent goods in contrast to the material used in
the body of the garment
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oUesrIoNs AND ANSWERS.

curiops People Enlightensd ON Pusslins
and Psrple4ing Questions.
When did tho Arst railroad train 70 through
from New York 70 Californian RR.
The Pacific railroad was completed on May
Is, 1850, BY junction Of tho Central Pacific
and Union Pacific railroads, at Promontory
Summit, 1,0S4 miles from Omaha and 600
miles from Sacramento. On May Is tho
trains began to run.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1887-03-18
7ALL AROUND THE HOUSE.

Up Stairs. Down Stairs, In tho Kitchen
and in the Lady's ParloF.
Ladies' who entertain arc constantly on the
alert To introduce pleasing surpriaes for their
gucsta An instance at hand Il that Of tho
hostess who introduced IN additional course
at ladies' luncheon party, directly after des-
sort This course consisted Of fresh Paxma
violets In rock crystal bowl. from which
each guest helped herself to bunch Of tho
fragrant flowers. A side dish Of silvor pins
accompanied this course Of flowers, which
enabled the latter to be worn - o corsage
bouquet .A-.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1887-03-18
Batter for Fruit Fritters.

Ingredients for batter with which to make
peach, apricot, apple or other fruit fritters
consist Of ono pint Of milk, three eggs, little
salt and pint of flour and a teaspoonful Of
baking powder. Beat the eggs, add part Of
the milk and salt, then -four and milk alter
nately. beating quickly and cooking imme-
diately in boiling hot lard.
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Medical Possibilities Of Photography.
LIQUID Fuel Yersus Coal.

The experiment tried on ferry boats plying
between San Francisco and Oakland, with
burning petroleum, has not it appears,
proven an entire success. As regards econ
omy, the experiment proved petroleum to be
cheaper than solid fuel But drawback to its
use came from the intense heat produced, by
which, or by the peculiar nature of the COM
bustion, the iron Of both the furnaces and
boilers, began to indicate rapid deterioration.
After several months trial, owing to this de-
terioration, the boats were again fitted up for
burning coal.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1887-03-18

To keep postage stamps in the pocket Of q
memorandum book without sticking rub the
sticky side over the hair two or three times
The oil of the hair coats the mucilage and
prevents it from sticking.
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Diagonal Fronts on Jackets.

Diagonal fronts upon both basques and
street jackets will be feature Of spring
fashions. The English cutaway coat, fasten-
ing diagonally across the chest, is one of the
natty styles which will prove popular. Be-
meath this is perfect fitting Louis XIV vest
of pale yellow piquc, or very often corded
silk Of primrose tint will be used. Another
model shows the right front cut wide enough
to lap in double breasted fashion from the
throat to the length of about four inches over
the chest Below this each side is cut away,
leaving broad open space, this space filled
in by vest formed of a single section laid in
four plaits. which are stayed by tapes tackled
to the underfolds. The closing is made by
means Of three large buttons set upon the
edge of the overlapping portion on the chest
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1887-03-18
Ladies' Watches.

for ladies, with dial and case more or less
decorated. In the finer goods the semi-hunter
case is the preferred one, and there is a strong
tendency to Louis XIV styles In the decora-
tion Of both dials and cases. Avery. pretkS
watch is one showing blue enameled dial
with gold numerals and hands. Enameled
cases are much used, and there Is disposition
to ornament with gems again. A popular
case is gold one with clover leaf in the
center, set with three different colored stones
The raised wire work is Used with good effect
on both gold and silver watches, and, in this
connection, it may be told that artistic silver
watches are much carried by both men and
women,
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A Matter Of Iutsrest,
Twelve years

Please state the time that sum at interest at
per cent will amount to the principal.
A READER.
Twelve years.
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The Oldest University.

Thu O1UcBC OuIVBTBICye
What is the Oldest university in tho world?
SCHOLAR.
The University Of Paris, established A. D.
lao. Some authorities, however, state that
it was not founded before 1915, but it is gem
orally acknowledged that the University Of
Paris is the Oldest
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1t is stated that Strauss receives 81, 900
for each waltz he comrcscs from publisher
in Germany, who buys every work be
writes and gives him an extra sum for every
new edition 1.-The Blue Danube" has had
twenty-six editions already.
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SCIENCE AND PROGRESS.
MEDICAL DIAGNOSIS az MEANS or
PHOTOGRAPHY.

Tho Neolithic Age Still Represented In
the Hupa Decentralization Musical
Sound May 10 Produced by u Series Of
Taps.
That musical sound may he made by q
series Of taps, says Scientific American, is
illustrated by the buzz, toy consisting of o
disk Of tin having notched edges and pro-
vided with two holes on Numerically opposite
sides Of the center and furnished with an
endless cord passing through the holes Tho
disk Is rotated by pulling in opposite directions
on the twisted endless cord, allowing tho disk
to twist tho cord in the reverse direction,
then again pulling the cord, and 90 on.
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COnundrums.

I. Can you tell me which is the most useful
wood or iron! Which can we do without the
best!
.. Is not the New Orleans Louisiana State lot
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A Decorative Lamp Shade.

The illustration here presented furnishes a
model that can be readily copied by any in
peniOlls housewife.
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l. A good subject for debating society.
2. ALI legal institutions are supposed to DO
managed honestly until the contrary is
proved,
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WILLOW CRADLE AND BOW,

Tho I1upa lives in slab house; he ccanses
himself III sweat house, sits on block of
wood, sleeps on pillow Of wood, and nurses
his body in the prettiest Of willow cradles.
His mush he cooks in watertight grass
basket by means Of hot stones He bakes
his bread in rude soapstone pans and serves
his salmon in wicker tray.
Neither ancient nor modern savage s,lrpass
him i'll chipping jasper and obsidian. His
finest weapons are his bows and arrows.
The bow is of yew or cedar, and so
deftly backed with a mixture of shredded
deer sinew and fish glue that the uninitiated
mistake the backing for tough bark His
arrow consists of the following parts: Shaft
of willow or other soft wood; foresh,!ft of
hard wood, inserted in the pith of the shaft
and seized with sincw: head of jasper or OBJ
sidian, untanged and dashed with sinew; and
the feather often laid on spirally. Add
pretty culver of otter, fox or wolverine skin,
and the artillery is complete.
The Hupa has kind Of money Gig. 81
made by wrapping snakeskin or maiden hair
fern bark around long dentalium Shells He
are his greatest pride, and plumes of the
woodpecker's crest, the ducks neck and the
blue jay plumagcare held at fabulous prices.
The Hupas music is drawn from the whistle
of bone, the rattle and the drum. The women
are among the most refined and delicate tan
ners, embroidery and basket weavers in the
world.
Medical Possibilities of Photography.
In The Camera is recorded q very curious
phenomenon, in connection with photography,
by the person who observed it. He took a
portrait Of child apparently in good health
and with clear skin. The negative picture
showed the face to be thickly covered with an
eruption. Three days afterward the child
was covered with spots due to prickly heat.
The camera had seen and photographed the
eruption three days before it was visible to
the eye. Another case Of a somewhat similar
kind is also recorded where child showed
spots on his portrait which were invisible on
his face fortnight previous to an attack Of
smallpox. 1t Il suggested that these cases
might point to new method Of medical
diagnosis